Stonehill Shows Heart in 11-10 Loss to Wildcats

       With a conference record of 3-2, Stonehill’s matchup against Division I opponent, University of New Hampshire, would serve well in preparing the team for their remaining division games.  Stonehill matched UNH’s first two goals, with two from midfielder Conor Green to make the score 2-2.  The second period was very much the same as the teams went back and forth, and when attackman Colin Lancey equalized with a shot to the upper left corner of the goal with just one minute remaining in the second, the teams headed to the half tied at  5-5.
       The third quarter saw UNH come out firing, as they bombarded freshman goalkeeper Mike Phillips with 19 total shots.  Phillips was able to stop all but one of the shots, in what was arguably the goalkeeper’s best quarter of the year.  Unable to score any goals of their own, Stonehill trailed by just one  goal entering the fourth period of play thanks to the efforts of their defense and goalkeeping.  In the fourth, UNH got on the board first again, but Stonehill rallied to take back the lead by one goal.  With one minute left to play, UNH put together an excellent offensive sequence to tie the game and send the game into overtime, despite Stonehill having scoring five times in the fourth quarter.  In overtime, both teams were playing very evenly and had four shots respectively, but UNH’s fifth turned out to be the game winner as they went on to beat Stonehill 11-10.  The heartbreaking loss was the second game in a row that Hill had lost by a one point margin.